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[28 Mar 2008 | One Comment | 18 views]

My fascination for the city Kolkata ended as soon as I found myself struck in an unusual Traffic jam to airport. A normal route of 30 min took me close to two hours. And for the first time in my life I missed the flight. Now that’s a bizarre feeling of helplessness. It took me another 30 mins to convince the duty manager that in all my good intention I never wanted to miss the flight. Fortunately I managed a  ticket in the first flight out which was next day …

Me , my family & life, Travel & living »

[20 Mar 2008 | One Comment | 15 views]

After a usual delay of 2 hours I took off to Kolkata (City of Joy).  By now you would have realized how much I hate air travel. This time I am traveling Jet Air, which is one of the finest airlines. Thanks to web check in facility, I managed a first row seat in economy class (Advantage to spread your legs and relax a bit).
 
So I felt like being from upper middle class where all the middle class cramped in their seats. And like all upper middle class …

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[8 Mar 2008 | No Comment | 8 views]

India has evolved and so does Indian. Hey, I am talking about Indian, the state owned domestic airlines. I was scheduled to fly today morning to Mumbai by 8:00AM flight. As expected the flight was delayed (Still waiting for the final departure time to be announced, As I am writing this at airport).
 
This has now become a standard and not the exception for all airlines to delay departures. But I was talking about something else.
 
I got an unexpected call at 5:45 in morning. This was from call center of the …

Me , my family & life, Travel & living »

[9 Feb 2008 | One Comment | 19 views]

 We humans always wanted to fly and rule the skies. Modern age has literally brought flying within the reach of common man. With India skies opening up there are airlines that are trying every trick in the book to lure the customers. Good we are flying places.
 
But on the flip side, airports have become crowded and the sky seems to be choked with the air traffic. Scenes at airports are no different from a railway stations. Long queues, delayed flights, frustrated passengers and airline staff carrying a plastic smile with …